In every Coke commercial during the superbowl, they show people happily opening their coke bottles and drinking cold, refreshing beverages.
How do they open their Coke bottles? Not by twisting the caps off like you and me, no no no. They use a bottle opener.
Why do they use a bottle opener? Because in the commercials, people have access to that beacon of nostalgia, that elusive euphoria known as the glass coke bottle. And full-sized (all 16.9 fl oz of it) too!
I have lamented the loss of the glass bottle for years now. Coke tasted much better when sipped through the ice cold neck of a properly chilled bottle. This plastic? Complete shit.
So fuck you, Coca-Cola, for continuing to rub in our faces the fact that you know that the glass bottles were better (why else use them in your advertising), but refusing to sell them to us.
That hadn’t occurred to me but you are exactly right. I don’t drink much soda anymore but I used to drink a lot and there is no question that it is much better in a bottle. You actually can get bottled Coke still but it’s not easy to find. Still, in interesting observation.
You can get glass bottles around here, but they’re small. I think they only have around 9 fl. oz. whereas a can has 12.
Anybody remember the short, stout glass bottles they used to have? Kind of like a Snapple bottle but with a skinnier neck. Those were the perfect size for holding in your hands.
Yeah, it tastes better out of glass bottles, but not enough to justify the difference in price that I’ve observed whenever I have found glass bottles for sale. Plus, the bottles I’ve seen were 250ml, which is not a great deal of liquid when you compare it to a 330ml can or 500ml plastic bottle.
A fine champagne may taste the same if you’re drinking it out of a plastic juice glass, but there’s something to be said about the experience of drinking it from a lovely crystal flute. Likewise, the glass bottle adds to the* tactile *pleasure of drinking a Coke. I doubt if it really has any influence on flavor, but it certainly has an impact on ambience. It’s just more satisfying to drink Coke from a bottle.
If you poured them into a cup, you wouldn’t be able to tell. No one is making that claim. It’s the feel of the material on your lips that makes the difference.
I’m with you. When I was in college we got 16 oz. glass bottles straight from the bottling plant. There’s nothing better. I wasn’t the only one - when the delivery men went on strike we collected two hundred cases of bottles, paid people the two cent deposit on each, rented a truck, and drove them to New York where there was a five cent deposit. I can’t really blame the admen for showing bottles instead of cans or yech plastic.
The glass/plastic has an effect on the coldness, too. I pretty much stopped drinking soda when they all went to the plastic bottles, because even when perfectly chilled they feel strangely lukewarm.
Plastic is a lousy cold conductor. I rarely get a Coke that feels cold enough in a plastic bottle, and even if it does, you have to chug it because it gets warm in about 5 minutes.
Check out the smaller grocery stores, too. Several of the ones around here carry all sorts of strange sodas, in glass bottles. I can get Coke, Moxie, Bubble-Up…pricey, but worth it.
Where?
In addition to keeping the beverage cold longer, glass has no taste, whereas I can easily taste the plastic when drinking directly from a bottle. Thus, drinking Coke from a glass bottle is a superior experience to doing so from a plastic bottle.
But if you’re going to pour it into something then the point is moot.
Plastic bottles also leak pressure-your coke stays carbonated longer in a glass bottle. re: the comment about mexican-bottled Coke: You are right-Coke made from cane sugar tastes MUCH better!
Is RC Cola still in business? haven’t seen it in years.
